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Open Architecture designs conical Sun Tower as "giant sundial"

Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed the 50-metre-tall Sun Tower, which has a conical concrete form designed to follow the path of the sun, in Yantai, northeast China. Located in Yantai's Yeda Development Zone, the cultural and community venue comprises exhibition spaces, a semi-outdoor theatre, a library, a viewing deck, a cafe and a bar. According to the Beijing-based studio, the design of the cone-shaped building was informed by a giant sundial and was also intended as a contemporary take on lighthouse typologies. "Sun Tower is unusual in terms of its architectural typology — it is simultaneously a contemporary cultural building, a civic gathering place, a watchtower for ocean observation, a giant sundial, an education centre for environmental awareness, and a lighthouse for urban souls searching beyond the horizon," Open Architecture co-founder Li Hu told Dezeen. "It is fusing together all of the above, a new kind of species." The video is by APCRstudio Han Yuheng. Read more on Dezeen: https://www.dezeen.com/?p=2251722 WATCH NEXT: JKMM Architects wins competition to design Museum of Architecture and Design Helsinki -    • JKMM Architects wins competition to design...   Subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest architecture and design movies: http://bit.ly/1tcULvh Like Dezeen on Facebook:   / dezeen   Follow Dezeen on Twitter:   / dezeen   Follow us on Instagram:   / dezeen   Check out our Pinterest:   / dezeen